Insecticide Use and Breast Cancer Risk among Farmers ’ Wives in the Agricultural Health Study

Conclusion:
Use of several organophosphate insecticides was associated with elevated breast cancer risk. However, associations for the women’s and husbands’ use of these insecticides showed limited concordance. Ongoing cohort follow-up may help clarify the relationship, if any, between individual insecticide exposures and breast cancer risk. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP1295

Received: 28 October 2016
Revised: 25 April 2017
Accepted: 08 May 2017
Published: 06 September 2017
Address correspondence to L. Engel, Dept. of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, CB #7435, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7435 USA. Telephone: [phone]. Email: [e-mail]
Supplemental Material is available online (https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP1295).
The authors declare they have no actual or potential competing financial interests.
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Source: EHP Research - September 6, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Daniil Lyalko Tags: Research Source Type: research